UK damaged from within

Sir, - Born too late in 1932, I was denied the pleasure of knowing my uncle, David McIntosh, a Scot lying in an unmarked grave somewhere in the vicinity of Ypres.

I have no record of his age when he fell but, I am sure that, in common with many of his comrades, he was just a laddie who volunteered to fight for his country like so many before and after.

I believe that country was known, at the time, as Great Britain and , of course, we must not forget, the Commonwealth.

It is now recognised universally as the United Kingdom and, in that guise, has endured and, to a degree, overcome efforts by others to undermine its deserved position in today’s troubled world.

It is all the more difficult to accept the possibility that the fragmentation of our homeland should be engineered from within.

What did all these young men and women fight and die for if not for the country they called home?

To deliberately set about the break-up of that dream is beyond understanding.

Shame on you Ms Sturgeon.

I have been struck by a number of commentators, many of whom should know better, who state that an independent Scotland would have to join an apparent queue for EU membership

Ian Kennedy, 1 Gray Den, Liff.